Weekly macro / closeup for 14 to 20 Aug 06

Last week's macro / closeup thread was so popular we had to start another one -props to everyone who participated! There were some really outstanding images last week!

The weather here turned bad -rain for most of the weekend and the temperature even cooled off. So I'm gonna kick this week's thread off with a few images that I took last week but didn't post. Canon 20D + 100mm macro + 25mm extension tube. All images at maximum magnification (1.39x life size). Manual mode, 1/250, ISO 100, F8 and some at F16. MT-24 flash set to -1 1/3 EV for the F8 shots and -1/3 EV for the F16 shots. Minimal post processing and no cropping.

I've already got both tubes (12mm and 25mm) on my camera and I'm just waiting for decent weather to try to shoot the critters again

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No cropping zone...